How to get SMS delivery reports on iPhone
An SMS delivery report is a confirmation that a text message you sent to someone has been delivered (or not, as the case may be) to that person’s phone. Most phones have a setting that allows you to automatically request an SMS delivery report for all text messages sent. The iPhone however has no such option in the settings. But you can still request a delivery report by simply adding a short code at the start of your text message. On O2 in the UK, this short code is *0#.
So, your message would look like this:
*0# I’m on my way, see you in 10 mins.
Don’t worry, the recipient will not see this *0# code at the start of the message as it is automatically deleted by the network before delivery. But as soon as the message is delivered to the recipient you will get a text message back (for free) confirming the delivery status of the SMS.
If you are on a different network, the short code may be different.
I personally only use this short code for mission critical text messages but hopefully the new iPhone 2.0 firmware will bring ‘SMS delivery request’ as a built-in option within the settings.
[Via iPhones Talk]
4 Responses to “How to get SMS delivery reports on iPhone”
By Apoorva on Jun 17, 2008 | Reply
Not Working
By Ash on Jun 17, 2008 | Reply
Which network are you on?
By nader on Jun 27, 2008 | Reply
this doesn’t work in Bahrain on Zain network.
Q1: i’ve heard that this is controlled totally by the network operator. is it true?
Q2: if the new iphone 3G will have this option, it means that it doesn’t depend on the operator! then y can’t we do it on the older iphone? is it a hardware or software issue?
thnx,
By Ash on Jun 27, 2008 | Reply
Nader,
A1: Yes, each network operator has its own code. I would suggest maybe giving Zain a call to ask if they support SMS delivery reports and if so what the code to request it is.
A2: It is a software issue. If iPhone 3G has this option, then you should also be able to use it on any first gen iPhone that’s updated to the iPhone 2.0 firmware. It may of course be that a particular operator simply does not support SMS delivery reports, in which case it won’t work even with the right software installed.
You may also like to check out or even try the SMS delivery report request codes for other network operators around the world over at iPhones Talk.
Hope this helps.